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Research Groups

This 2014-15 research cluster, funded by the Davis Humanities Institute, http://dhi.ucdavis.edu/, brings together scholars whose work focuses on the classical, medieval, and early-modern periods to consider how digital approaches have influenced the study of early literatures and cultures, and what both areas might learn from each other. The cluster is sponsoring several speakers over the course of the year and will host a one-day symposium on May 2, 2015, featuring speakers from the University of Toronto, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Washington University in St. Louis. To be added to the mailing list, please contact cmwaters@ucdavis.edu.

Tina Boyer (2007; now Assistant Professor of German at Wake Forest University) "Giants and Dwarves in Middle High German Literature" (German; Winder McConnell, emeritus)

Brad Busbee (2006; now Chair of English at Samford University) “N. F. S. Grundtvig's Interpretation of Beowulf as a Living Heroic Poem for the People” (English; Marijane Osborn)

Michael Edwards (2004) "Geometric Theology and the Meaning of Clannesse in the Poems of the Pearl Manuscript" (English; Margaret Ferguson)

Janice Hawes (2004; currently Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Superior) "Monsters, Heroes and Social Identity in Medieval Icelandic and English Literature" (English; Marijane Osborn)

Shennan Hutton (History) "Women and Economic Activities in Fourteenth-Century Ghent, a Medieval Flemish City" (Awarded Fulbright full grant for research in Belgium, 2003–04). Shennan Hutton now works for The History Project on the UCD campus.

Katie Kalpin (2006; currently Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina-Aiken) "Charming Tongues: Representations of Women's Speech in Early Modern England" (English; Fran Dolan)

Brooke Newman (History; Joan Cadden) "Betwixt Brutes and Invisible Spirits: The Uncertainty of the Human and the English Press, 1650-1750". Brooke Newman is assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Patty Turning (History) “The Making of French Toulouse: State Building, Social Relationships and Civic Identity in Medieval Languedoc, c. 1250-1350” (Awarded the first Birgit Baldwin Fellowship from the Medieval Academy of America for research in France on medieval history). Patricia Turning is adjunct professor at Arizona State University.